PUNCH

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The undying obsession with letting wine “breathe” has moved beyond dedicated gadgets to recruit everything from milk frothers to Vitamixes.

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Imbibe Magazine

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

When 2022 Imbibe 75 Place to Watch Nobody’s Darling opened in Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood, it was amid a dwindling number of queer-centered spaces nationwide. Undeterred, co-owners Angela Barnes and Renauda Riddle knew that they wanted to create a bar that was not only welcoming and safe but truly joyous. It wasn’t long before the accolades began to roll in, including a James Beard Award nomination for Outstanding Bar Program, and the bar found the enthusiastic embrace

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Chilled Magazine

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Whether you’re toasting to a partner, celebrating with friends, or having a moment of self-love, these cocktails provide the perfect accompaniment to any way you choose to celebrate the Day of Love! Check them out below. Gin , Liqueur French Jasmine Tonic by Chambord Liqueur Ingredients 3/4 oz. Chambord Liqueur 1 1/2 oz. Fords Gin 6 drops Jasmine Water 3 oz.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Tomorrow, over a hundred people will be gathering for the brew day of Vibes Since 1920 , a collaborative beer slated for release in March for Women’s Month. All of them have been gathered together for a project that’s the brainchild of Charolette Converse that will see 113 women, non-binary or trans participants (as of publish time) joining together to not just make a one-off beer, but to create a community to “network, educate and inspire their fellow women in the craft beer i

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PUNCH

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

At Comstock Saloon in San Francisco, Jonny Raglin's cherry-laced bourbon sour, inspired by the 17th-century liqueur, has been a hit for more than a decade.

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Imbibe Magazine

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Distilled spirits can be thought of as a perfect convergence of agriculture, art, and engineering. For mezcal expert Chava Peribán, life has taken him through each of those stations. “I studied industrial design, but I realized early on that I didn’t want to spend my life making models of chairs, cars, or jewelry,” Peribán says. “I was more interested in the manufacturing side of things.

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A Bar Above

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Hey, friends! We’re excited to unveil our latest gem at A Bar Above: the citrus zester! This nifty tool extracts that exciting flavor of citrus easily & quickly. What is a Lemon Zester? A zester is a kitchen tool dedicated to extracting the flavorful oils and zesty tang from citrus fruit. It’s kind of like a cheese grater but made specifically for citrus peel.

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PUNCH

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Guinness and Black, a mix of the stout beer and black currant cordial, has a divisive reputation at pubs in Ireland, despite being delicious.

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Imbibe Magazine

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Like a chef in the kitchen with a new ingredient, bartenders take no small amount of delight in experimenting with a new cocktail component. The Ancho Reyes chile liqueurs (both the original Ancho Chile , released in 2012, and the Verde in 2016) have become industry favorites for crafting complex drinks, as our own recipe gallery can attest. But brands like to experiment as well, and in November the Ancho Reyes Barrica Chile Ancho Liqueur hit shelves as the first barrel-aged expression of the or

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Chilled Magazine

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

An unequivocally sophisticated experience, Chivas XV is best enjoyed in an elevated Gold Rush cocktail made with three simple ingredients. Scotch Chivas Gold Rush Ingredients 2 parts Chivas XV 1 part Honey Syrup (*2 honey: 1 hot water) 1 part Lemon Juice Preparation Pour ingredients into a shaker filled with ice; shake until well chilled, strain into a glass over a large ice cube.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Here’s an update we’re happy to see: After many months of waiting, Demo Brewery has finally announced an opening date. They’ll throw open the doors for a Grand Opening weekend on March 29th and 30th, about 60 weeks after originally posting their approved brewer’s license. Good things take time. Looks like a nice space, too ! Elsewhere, Industry Ales also appears to be coming along, and we’ve got updates below on the new spaces for both Homewood Brewing and Burn̵

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PUNCH

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Pulled from the pages of the restaurant chain’s exhaustive training manual, the Midori and coconut rum cocktail has become an unlikely muse for bartenders as far afield as the U.K.

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Imbibe Magazine

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Non-vintage Champagne—a blend of reserve wines and the current harvest—is often considered the entry-level wine for a Champagne house. But some producers are rethinking how a blend of vintages can tell a different story. With individual harvest years becoming more volatile and less predictable in a changing climate, winemakers are redefining luxury with the art of non-vintage blends.

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Chilled Magazine

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The range, created using the highest quality premium vodka from Absolut with real cranberry juice from Ocean Spray—a first-ever licensing deal for Ocean Spray in the spirits category—includes Vodka Cranberry, Vodka Cran-Grape, Vodka Cran-Pineapple and Vodka Cran-Raspberry. “Absolut Vodka and Ocean Spray Cranberry Juice have long been enjoyed together at bars and in homes across the country,” said Natalie Accari, Vice President, RTD & Convenience North America, Pernod Ricard USA.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

First, a little bit of breaking Midwestern beer news this afternoon: Minneapolis’ Fair State Brewing Cooperative just announced that they had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. “This does not mean we are shutting down,” according to CEO Evan Sallee in a post on their website. “[W]e are just restructuring our debt and will emerge on the other side stronger for it.” Let’s hope so.

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PUNCH

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The Rapscallion, a Manhattan cocktail riff, is a European modern classic, and the Scotch whisky drink has been called the best nightcap.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Putting unorthodox ingredients and adjuncts into beer is nothing new. Pumpkin beer has marked spooky season since the early ‘80s and the pastry stout boom of the mid-2010s saw everything from brownies and marshmallows to coffee and ancho chiles get added to brews. Most of the time, these bonus ingredients do more to allure the reluctant drinker than to deter.

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Chilled Magazine

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

“Oooh.” The first thing you notice when you walk into Florida’s Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa is its spectacular lobby: swank chandeliers that cast a bright glow on shiny marble floors. And as you make your way through the room complete with couches, what’s that, beyond the glass doors? The sparkling, stunning Atlantic, no doubt eager for you to jump in and splash around.

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Malt

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Au revoir. The post Malt on the Rocks first appeared on Malt.

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PUNCH

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

24 Old-Fashioned cocktail recipes, from a modern classic made with mezcal to a pandan-infused tropical take on the whiskey drink.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

How is it that a whiskey amasses cultish appeal? It’s a question routinely asked in the era of Pappymania. Entire books have been devoted to the subject. There’s no easy answer, but an obligatory baseline for all examples ought to be a precise combination of top-shelf acclaim and frustrating scarcity. One brand turns this seemingly obvious formula on its head, though.

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Chilled Magazine

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Forget the roses and chocolates; this Valentine’s Day, Ghost Tequila is on a mission to turn ‘ghosting’ into a bold and spicy celebration of modern relationships. “Have you been ghosted? Have you ghosted someone? We recently learned that about 76 percent of people have experience with ‘ghosting.’ We’re turning the tables on love’s disappearing act and making it as hot as our tequila,” says Maya Rubalcaba, Ghost Tequila’s Marketing Director. “Love is messy, lov

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Drinks International

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Pernod Ricard reported a -3% decline of both organic sales and organic profit from recurring operations for the first half of the financial year 2024.

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Drinkhacker

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

It’s been over a month since his last one, so another book from Andre Darlington is long past overdue. Today we discuss one of two books scheduled to be published by The James Patterson of Cocktails during the first half of 2024. We affix our gaze to the Wild West, to ask the question: what would be served in the saloons of yesteryear if the tools of today were at a saloon keep’s disposal?

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Everyone has that one thing that they can’t believe isn’t a bigger deal. Maybe it’s your favorite band you think everyone should know, or a restaurant that’s never as busy as it deserves to be. These underrated jewels are precious, which makes it tempting not to let others in on what feels like a special secret. But sharing these underrated pleasures opens the door for others to understand why we love this thing that they’ve never heard of so much —and when they do, it may change their life.

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Chilled Magazine

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The 2024 Sun Wine and Food Fest at Mohegan Sun was a spectacular celebration of culinary excellence and fine beverages. Spanning over several days, the festival brought together renowned chefs, sommeliers, mixologists, and food enthusiasts from around the world for a series of unforgettable events. With close to 10,000 guests in attendance at this year’s Sun Wine & Food Fest, over 12,000 drinks were poured during Friday’s Grand Tasting Preview and Saturday’s Grand Tasting events (combined) w

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The Cocktail Lovers

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Missed booking a table for Valentine’s Day? No worries, we’ve got you with two fabulous loved-up offerings available throughout February. The first is the Renais (M)onth of Love menu at M Restaurant in the City. It’s a winner, not only well-priced – a bargain at £55 per head, including the extremely quaffable Emma Spritz (Renais Gin, Chablis wine, elderflower, lemon juice and soda water) as your welcome drink.

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Drinkhacker

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

You’ll find Union Horse Distilling in Lenexa, Kansas (near Kansas City), where it’s been putting out whiskeys of all stripes — bourbon, rye, single malt, and more — for 14 years (plus vodka). This is our first encounter with the operation; today we look at two of the company’s current five releases. Bottles are hand-numbered with batch and bottle number — plus the initials of “crafter” Patrick Garcia.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

There are thousands of whiskeys out in the world. Not all of them appeal to every whiskey drinker, regardless of how popular they are or how ubiquitous they may be on back bars, and this is fine, of course. Whiskey is subjective. But this inevitability means that everyone who enjoys brown spirits on the regular eventually finds something carrying hype that they just don’t understand.

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Chilled Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

The entire ELEVATE group was treated to a seminar presented by artisan distiller and research scientist Ted Breaux, who was responsible for bringing absinthe back to the U.S.; and Dale DeGroff, the James Beard award-winning father of mixology who reinvented the bartending profession. The pair discussed the history of the American cocktail and how major U.S. events helped to shape the cocktails of today.

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The Whiskey Wash

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

We review Kilchoman 16 Years Old, the oldest release from this Islay distillery to date that’s being distributed globally. (image via Kilchoman) Editor’s Note: The party behind this whisky gave us a review sample. Per our editorial policies , this in no way influenced the outcome of this review. It should also be noted that clicking the buy link in this review earns our site a small referral payment, which helps to support, but not influence, our editorial and other costs.

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Drinkhacker

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

So I didn’t even know that songstress Kylie Minogue had a wine operation — and now it’s expanding into the burgeoning non-alcoholic space with the launch of Kylie 0% Sparkling Rosé Wine, its first in the U.S. market. Some winemaking details: Kylie 0% Sparkling Rosé Wine Alternative uses a unique fermentation process that reduces sugars by up to 30%, generates no alcohol, yet delivers all the subtle flavors and characteristics of a traditionally fermented wine produced with orga

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

If you’ve even the slightest tolerance for spice, hot sauce can add some extra oomph to just about any dish. There’s also near-endless variety from bottle to bottle, from aromatic (and highly coveted) sriracha to acidic, vinegar-based sauces like Frank’s RedHot to thick, chile-forward formulas like Cholula. But when it comes to which brand is most essential to keep stocked in the fridge, everyone has a hot take.

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Chilled Magazine

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Sponsored Dinner at Liquor Lab Bartenders got a peak into the world of extraordinary spirits with a Hell House Whiskey tasting at Liquor Lab in the heart of Kentucky. The exclusive tasting experience intertwined interesting tales about Hell House Whiskey and the band Lynyrd Skynyrd, who’s members co-founded the whiskey. Meet the Brands Seminar In a speed-dating style setup, ELEVATE attendees at a Meet the Brands seminar got the opportunity to sample multiple kinds of liquor while learning the ba

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Spiritz

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Indri, India’s homegrown single malt brand from the House of Piccadily Distilleries, has won ‘Best in Show, Double Gold’ award at the prestigious Whiskies of the World Awards 2023. More recently, Indri-Trini, India’s first triple cask single malt, has bagged the Best ‘New World’ Whiskey title by the US-based alcobev platform, VinePair. These recognitions further strengthen Indri’s position as one of the fastest growing Indian single malt brands, both in India and overseas.

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